Dubai firm offers $10M lifeline to Lucapa Diamond
Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM), which holds the Lulo alluvial mine in Angola and the Merlin project in Australia, has struck a rescue deal with a Dubai-based group that could pull…
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Gold Fields’ $2.4B Gold Road takeover vote nears
South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) is closing in on its A$3.7 billion ($2.4 billion) takeover of Australia’s Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR), with shareholders set to vote on…
US commits $1B to critical minerals technology
The United States Department of Energy says it will unlock just under US$1 billion (C$1.38 billion) to fund mining, processing and manufacturing technologies used to extract critical minerals and materials….
Jaguar receives federal permit for Brazil mine restart
Jaguar Mining (TSX: JAG) has received federal authorization to begin preparatory work for the restart of its Turmalina underground gold mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with operations expected to resume…
ASX seeks answers after Greatland cuts gold output
Greatland Resources (ASX: GGP) is facing questions from the Australian Securities Exchange over why it slashed production and cost targets just weeks after its debut on the bourse. The Western…
Podcast: The geopolitical race to mine the deep-sea floor, ft Ilya Epikhin
This week’s episode features Ilya Epikhin, Senior Principal at consultants Arthur D. Little and Global Lead for Metals and Mining, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Epikhin offers his perspective…
Guinea squeezes Emirati-owned bauxite miner
Guinea, the world’s top exporter of bauxite, has revoked the mining title of Emirates Global Aluminium’s GAC subsidiary and awarded it instead to a new local entity – a move…
Glencore says DRC cobalt stockpile has ‘no impact’
Glencore (LSE: GLEN), the world’s second-largest cobalt producer, says its growing stockpile of unsold cobalt won’t materially affect the company as it contends with export restrictions in the Democratic Republic…
Century Lithium joins US fast track
Century Lithium’s (TSXV: LCE; US-OTC: CYDVF) estimated $3.1-billion (C$4.26 billion) Angel Island project in Nevada has been given transparency status by the U.S. Federal Permitting Council on its fast-track approval…
US courts Cook Islands for deep-sea mining
The United States has begun talks with the Cook Islands for research on seabed mineral exploration and development, just months after the South Pacific nation inked cooperation pacts with China that…
The Metals Co. posts first deep-sea resource
The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) has released a prefeasibility study and a resource — the first of its kind — for its seabed mining plans that show a potential return…
Denison shares rise on key Saskatchewan approval
Canada’s first potential in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium project has moved one step closer to reality with Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) receiving its environmental assessment (EA) approval from Saskatchewan….